Boom-
The instant the Asura God Armor encased him, the enormous vortex around the platform suddenly burst apart, its raging energy becoming a hurricane that swept outward.
The Asura God Sword quietly descended, respectfully welcoming its new master.
An immense suction erupted from Lin Qian. The wave-and-cloud patterns on the eight Asura wings behind him shone with an unprecedented, dazzling radiance.
Turbulent currents formed from killing intent poured into his body and the Asura God Sword from every direction at lightning speed. Scarlet-gold flames coiled around him, and rings of light rose from beneath his feet.
The familiar nanny's voice rang out: "Asura's Ninth Trial completed. Perfect compatibility with the Asura godhood. Asura reappears. The age of every Soul Ring increases by one hundred thousand years!"
Soul Rings appeared one after another, ice blue, jade green, platinum... Countless extraordinary colors flashed in succession, without a single ordinary yellow, purple, or black ring.
The Asura godhood had been planted in his Second Martial Soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion. Its very first ring was red, the Ice Empress's four-hundred-thousand-year innate Soul Ring. Once the hundred-thousand-year reward was distributed, a halo of light immediately shone out, with five golden markings circling the Soul Ring, all enveloped in brilliant scarlet gold.
The remaining Soul Rings were the same. Apart from an additional golden marking, they retained their respective innate colors-the Snow Empress's orange gold and the crimson of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts-with an additional layer of scarlet-gold light surrounding them.
When the final ring, the brand-new Tenth Divine Ring, rose, it represented the complete power of a god and erupted with a brilliant halo of scarlet-gold light, dazzling as a rainbow.
Not a single Soul Ring was younger than one hundred thousand years; even that age was insufficient to describe them. Under the rewards